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On the this evening's BBC1 political review programme 'This Week', Shane Macgowan was on as a guest to 'discuss' the anti-smoking ban just instituted in Ireland...
He was vampire-film pale, a giant white vamprabbit frozen in oncoming headlights - almost impossible to understand, voice trailing off into silence, seconds at a time of catatonic staring into nothingness - it was simultaneously painful/hilarious/car-crash-fascinating to watch.

I couldn't tell - was he particularly shitfaced, or is he permananetly fuxored ?

You could see guest presenter J Street-Porter trying not to crack up with laughter - Diane Abbot looked very pissed off, and Portillo, to his credit, kept his composure and kept it going...

― Snowy Mann (rdmanston), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:12 (twenty-one years ago)

does the career trajectory of any researcher/booker who had this bright idea take a bit of a hit after thing like this - or does the director/production team who approved it take ultimate responsibility ?

― Snowy Mann (rdmanston), Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:16 (twenty-one years ago)

it was hilarious. no the director likely sanctioned it cos they're tryiing to create 'must see telly', it's their brief. that's why last week they had asher d on, even though he was clearly unsuited to the sort of debate that the programme aims for. he was too combative, he kept accusing everyone of 'not getting the point'.

― de, Thursday, 1 April 2004 23:20 (twenty-one years ago)

He is basically dying on screen, yes.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 2 April 2004 09:26 (twenty-one years ago)

why is it that shit like this happens whenever JStreet-Porter is involved?

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:00 (twenty-one years ago)

He is basically dying on screen, yes.

... and off screen too, sadly

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 2 April 2004 10:04 (twenty-one years ago)

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